knuddeln

Betekenis (Engels)

to cuddle

Sinonieme

drücken

herzen

kuscheln

liebkosen

ankuscheln

Vertalings

cuddle

hug

abrazar

caliner

câliner

coccolare

acariciar

knuffelen

kucaklamak

cullare

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afagar

acaronar

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈknʊdəln/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Middle Dutch: knodde

Verwante met Engels: canoodle

In summary

From Central German and German Low German [Term?] dialects; derived from a group of words meaning “knob, knot”. Compare Ripuarian Central Franconian Knöddel (“knot”), Middle Dutch knodde (“knob”). These words belong to the large group of stems related with Knoten (“knot”). The original sense of the verb is “to embrace tightly”; compare English canoodle in the same sense.